1943-44 Wartime League

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So we continue with another “unofficial” season, The War continues and Chelsea again play in the Football League South, along with 17 other teams. Matches were played home and away, but, possibly due number of available dates, two clubs (in Chelsea’s case Clapton Orient and Southampton being the teams involved) were not met by each team.
In addition Chelsea also played in the London War Cup. Here Chelsea were in a group of 6 teams, again matches being home and away. The winners of each of the four groups meeting in the semi-finals and Final.

There is still a heavy prevalence of Guest players and these are indicated, as far as is known, in the stats section at the end.

There is again no information known about a reserve team, primarily due to the reporting of any football being extremely restricted in the National Press.

1943-44 season
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0Top scorer	Joe Payne (39)

Contents 1 League table 2 League table 3 Matches 4 Squad statistics

League table

London War League

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	Tottenham Hotspur	30	19	8	3	71	36	46
2	West Ham United	30	17	7	6	76	39	41
3	Queens Park Rangers	30	14	12	4	69	54	40
4	Arsenal	30	14	10	6	72	42	38
5	Crystal Palace	30	16	5	9	75	53	37
6	Portsmouth	30	16	5	9	68	59	37
7	Brentford	30	14	7	9	71	51	35
8	Chelsea	30	16	2	12	79	55	34
9	Fulham	30	11	9	10	80	73	31
10	Millwall	30	13	4	13	70	66	30
11	Aldershot	30	12	6	12	64	73	30
12	Reading	30	12	3	15	73	62	27
13	Southampton	30	10	7	13	67	88	27
14	Charlton Athletic	30	9	7	14	57	73	25
15	Watford	30	6	8	16	58	80	20
16	Brighton & Hove Albion	30	9	2	19	55	82	20
17	Clapton Orient	30	4	3	23	32	87	11
18	Luton Town	30	3	5	22	42	104	11

League table

London War Cup

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	Chelsea	6	4	1	1	17	10	9
2	West Ham United	6	3	0	3	15	11	6
3	Watford	6	2	1	3	7	13	5
4	Southampton	6	2	0	4	12	17	4

Matches

Season	Day	D	M	Year	Comp	Opposition	Venue	Result	Score	Additional Information
1943-44	Sat	28	Aug	1943	FLS	Queens Park Rangers	Home	Lost	1-3
1943-44	Sat	4	Sep	1943	FLS	Brighton & Hove Albion	Away	Won	3-1
1943-44	Sat	11	Sep	1943	FLS	Portsmouth	Home	Won	6-2
1943-44	Sat	18	Sep	1943	FLS	Brentford	Away	Lost	1-3
1943-44	Sat	25	Sep	1943	FLS	Fulham	Home	Won	3-0
1943-44	Sat	2	Oct	1943	FLS	Charlton Athletic	Away	Won	1-0
1943-44	Sat	9	Oct	1943	FLS	Aldershot	Away	Won	3-1
1943-44	Sat	16	Oct	1943	FLS	Luton Town	Home	Won	6-0
1943-44	Sat	23	Oct	1943	FLS	Crystal Palace	Home	Won	2-1
1943-44	Sat	30	Oct	1943	FLS	Tottenham Hotspur	Away	Lost	1-5
1943-44	Sat	6	Nov	1943	FLS	Arsenal	Away	Lost	0-6
1943-44	Sat	13	Nov	1943	FLS	Reading	Away	Lost	2-3
1943-44	Sat	20	Nov	1943	FLS	Millwall	Home	Lost	0-1	Abandoned in 60th. minute but result to stand
1943-44	Sat	27	Nov	1943	FLS	Queens Park Rangers	Away	Won	11-2
1943-44	Sat	4	Dec	1943	FLS	Brighton & Hove Albion	Home	Lost	0-1
1943-44	Sat	11	Dec	1943	FLS	Portsmouth	Away	Won	5-1
1943-44	Sat	18	Dec	1943	FLS	Watford	Away	Lost	0-1
1943-44	Sat	25	Dec	1943	FLS	West Ham United	Home	Drew	3-3
1943-44	Mon	27	Dec	1943	FLS	West Ham United	Away	Lost	0-3
1943-44	Sat	1	Jan	1944	FLS	Brentford	Home	Lost	0-3
1943-44	Sat	8	Jan	1944	FLS	Arsenal	Home	Won	2-0
1943-44	Sat	22	Jan	1944	FLS	Charlton Athletic	Home	Won	5-2
1943-44	Sat	29	Jan	1944	FLS	Aldershot	Home	Won	8-0
1943-44	Sat	5	Feb	1944	FLS	Luton Town	Away	Won	5-3
1943-44	Sat	12	Feb	1944	FLS	Crystal Palace	Away	Lost	0-1
1943-44	Sat	19	Feb	1944	LSC	Southampton	Home	Won	3-2
1943-44	Sat	26	Feb	1944	LSC	Watford	Away	Won	3-0
1943-44	Sat	4	Mar	1944	LSC	West Ham United	Home	Won	4-0
1943-44	Sat	11	Mar	1944	LSC	Southampton	Away	Won	5-1
1943-44	Sat	18	Mar	1944	LSC	Watford	Home	Drew	1-1
1943-44	Sat	25	Mar	1944	LSC	West Ham United	Away	Lost	1-6
1943-44	Sat	1	Apr	1944	LSC	Reading	Away	Won	3-2	Semi-Final
1943-44	Sat	8	Apr	1944	FLS	Tottenham Hotspur	Home	Drew	1-1
1943-44	Mon	10	Apr	1944	FLS	Fulham	Away	Won	3-2
1943-44	Sat	15	Apr	1944	LSC	Charlton Athletic	Neutral	Lost	1-3	Final played at Wembley
1943-44	Sat	22	Apr	1944	FLS	Watford	Home	Won	2-1
1943-44	Sat	29	Apr	1944	FLS	Reading	Home	Won	3-1	Played at Elm Park, Reading by agreement
1943-44	Sat	6	May	1944	FLS	Millwall	Away	Lost	2-4

Squad statistics

Name	League South		League South Cup		Total		Notes
	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Llewllyn Ashcroft	5	4	4	0	9	4	Guest Player
Cyril Bacon	3	0	0	0	3	0	Guest Player
H. Barlow	0	0	1	1	1	0	Guest Player
G. Bentley	7	0	0	0	7	0	Guest Player
Sidney Bidewell	1	0	0	0	1	0
Jimmy Bowie	4	0	8	1	12	1
A. Campbell	1	0	0	0	1	0	Guest Player
G. Curtis	3	0	0	0	3	0	Guest Player
V. Dagley	1	0	0	0	1	0	Guest Player
J. Devlin	1	0	0	0	1	0	Guest Player
J. Diamond	1	0	0	0	1	0	Guest Player
J. Dyer	2	0	0	0	2	0	Guest Player
Tony Effern	2	3	0	0	2	3	Guest Player
W. Fagan	17	7	5	0	22	7	Guest Player
Dickie Foss	29	2	8	0	37	2
A. Friend	2	0	0	0	2	0	Guest Player
J. Fullwood	1	0	0	0	1	0	Guest Player
H. Gilberg	1	0	0	0	1	0	Guest Player
Ron Greenwood	4	0	1	0	5	0	Guest Player
Eddie Hapgood	2	0	0	0	2	0	Guest Player
George Hardwick	18	0	5	0	23	0	Guest Player
John Harris	29	0	8	1	37	1	Guest Player
T. Hinchcliffe	1	0	0	0	1	0	Guest Player
W. Humphreys	1	0	0	0	0	1	Guest Player
John Jackson	7	0	0	0	7	0
David James	2	0	0	0	2	0
Arthur Jefferson	1	0	0	0	1	0	Guest Player
J. Latimer	2	0	0	0	2	0	Guest Player
J. Law	1	0	0	0	1	0	Guest Player
C. Lloyd	1	0	0	0	1	0	Guest Player
A. Lowes	1	0	0	0	1	0	Guest Player
G. Ludford	1	0	0	0	1	0	Guest Player
Alex Machin	1	0	0	0	1	0
J. Mackay	1	0	0	0	1	0	Guest Player
Sam Malpass	1	0	0	0	1	0	Guest Player
F. Marsden	1	0	0	0	1	0	Guest Player
J. Martin	3	0	0	0	3	0	Guest Player
Arnold Mayes	1	0	0	0	1	0
P. McKennan	1	0	0	0	1	0	Guest Player
J. Miller	2	0	0	0	2	0	Guest Player
G. Milton	2	0	0	0	2	0	Guest Player
Charlie Mitten	20	4	7	4	27	8	Guest Player
L. Morgan	1	0	0	0	1	0	Guest Player
R. Mountford	3	0	0	0	3	0	Guest Player
Ernie Muttitt	1	0	0	0	1	0	Guest Player
Newbold	1	0	0	0	1	0	Guest Player
Joe Payne	27	39	8	11	35	50
Bat Purvis	1	0	0	0	1	0	Guest Player
E. Riley	0	0	1	0	1	0	Guest Player
Robert Russell	22	2	8	1	30	3
J. Sanders	0	0	1	0	1	0	Guest Player
J. Sinclair	1	0	0	0	1	0	Guest Player
Smith	2	0	0	0	0	2	Guest Player
Dickie Spence	26	8	4	0	30	8
George Stewart	1	0	0	0	1	0	Guest Player
W. Sperrin	3	1	0	0	3	1	Guest Player
G. Swindin	1	0	0	0	1	0	Guest Player
Albert Tennant	13	2	4	1	17	3
H. Wales	2	0	0	0	2	.	Guest Player
Sam Weaver	1	1	0	0	1	1
E. Westwood	18	0	7	0	25	0	Guest Player
Alec White	0	0	1	0	1	0
Alfred Whittingham	6	3	0	0	6	3	Guest Player
C. Williams	1	0	0	0	1	0	Guest Player
Vic Woodley	13	0	7	0	20	0
A. Young	1	0	0	0	1	0	Guest Player
Missing	0	1	0	0	0	1
Opponent	0	1	0	0	0	1